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AAT overturns ban on former Spaceship chair

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) has overturned the two-year ban placed on former Spaceship Capital director, chair and responsible manager Paul Dortkamp. ASIC handed Dortkamp the ban in June 2022 following an investigation that found he failed ...

Former adviser sees ban reduced

CHLOE WALKER  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
The Administrative Appeals Tribunal (AAT) reduced the period and scope of the ban imposed on former financial adviser Ashok Sherwal. Sherwal, who was an authorised representative of six different licensees over the past seven years, was originally banned ...

Federal Court finds against finfluencer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  MONDAY, 9 JAN 2023
The Federal Court determined Tyson Scholz, known as ASX Wolf, was running an unlicensed financial services business for over a year, including providing courses on share trading and recommending stocks on Instagram. The court handed its decision down ...

Super heatmap findings garner mixed responses

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
Industry groups, consultants and research houses have reacted to findings about Australia's best and worst performing super funds. APRA heatmaps for MySuper products were released yesterday, exposing many sub-par products, but some in the industry ...

What you read in 2022

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
Amid a year of economic turbulence and soaring inflation, Financial Standard's most read stories reveal attention was once again focused on the evolving superannuation sector. The worst performing super products and funds underscore the majority ...

ASIC takes civil action against Firstmac

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
ASIC has commenced the first ever court case against a financial product distributor for alleged breaches of design and distribution obligations (DDO). The regulator commenced the civil penalty action in the Federal Court against Firstmac Limited following ...

Infratil sets up Aus focused renewable energy platform

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  FRIDAY, 16 DEC 2022
Infratil Limited has established a new renewable energy platform focused on Australia, Mint Renewables Limited. The New Zealand infrastructure investment company will invest in Mint Renewables alongside the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC). ...

Adviser imprisoned for super fraud

CHLOE WALKER  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
Former Perth financial adviser Rahul Goel has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing over $35,000 from his clients' superannuation accounts. An ASIC investigation into Goel's misconduct found that between November 2018 and July 2019, the ...

Regulators urge ASX to maintain CHESS

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 15 DEC 2022
ASIC and the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) have acted to ensure the ASX keeps the current CHESS until a replacement is successfully administered. ASIC issued notices to the ASX requiring it to produce a special report regarding the ongoing operation ...

Market manipulator sentenced

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  WEDNESDAY, 14 DEC 2022
Benjamin Cooper has been sentenced for conspiring to manipulate the share price of Quantum Resources, now known as Nova Minerals Limited. Cooper was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, to be released immediately after paying $6000 and undertaking a ...